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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Michigan is not a "commuter school" the way George Mason or Fordham are.[/quote]

PP is desperate to paint Michigan as mediocre. It's pathetic.

Hey PP -- at Georgetown, most upperclassmen live off-campus. Is Georgetown a commuter school too?  :lol: [/quote]

It is another school that can't come close to creating a similar residential environment to most of the Ivy League and many other schools including LACs.  If you look at Georgetown, although it is a fine school, it has a relatively low alumni giving rate and endowment compared to the schools that are more residential.  I think there is a correlation.[/quote]

Yet Michigan has massive alumni loyalty. I'm married to a Michigan alum and the loyalty is almost cultish. Michigan's endowment is $12 billion, the 9th highest in the country. Residential housing doesn't have the impact you think it does.

Your argument is specious. Just stop trying to make Michigan mediocre. It's not. [/quote]

It is a huge school that does have a large endowment.  It is way behind a lot of schools on a per capita basis.  What percentage of Michigan's cultishly loyal alumni actually give back to the school vs. root for Big Blue vs Army?  How does that percentage compare to other schools?  Is it anywhere remotely close?

And what is the breakdown of that massive endowment?  How much belongs to the medical center and benefits no undergraduates?  How much to the Law School?  Graduate Business?  Athletics?[/quote]

And how much of undergraduate tuition that undergraduates pay actually is siphoned off to pay for research (without them even knowing it)?   $524M in research is funded by Institutional (Internal) sources?  Where do you think that comes from?  [/quote]

Do you think that's any different than the other major R1 universities? You're truly ignorant. [/quote]

They are certainly not alone, but Michigan puts much more institutional funds into research than any other university, and substantially more on a per capita basis than almost all other schools.  A lot of your tuition (and student loan debt) is going off to fund research.[/quote]

Please provide proof that:

1. This is actually true.

2. This has a MEASURABLE negative impact on undergrad academic experience.

I'll wait. [/quote]

I'm not gonna be your monkey.[/quote]

Oh I see. You'd rather make statements without providing any proof. [/quote]

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